Blockades on San Cristobal-Palenque road?
 

Hi all-

Looking for current info on whether the blockade activity is going on now on the road north from San Cristobal to Palenque. We are headed up there tomorrow.

Any recent info anyone has would be helpful! We are on the bikes and always take the patient and kind approach to these things, but avoiding the delay by rerouting through Villahermosa is a possibility if we know before hand.

Thanks, everyone!
Keith and Jalene

Three weeks ago the teachers had peaceful roadblocks, but they were letting bikes through. I also encountered one rope toll and simply shook my head "no". They dropped the rope so I waved and shouted "gracias!"

Rope tolls are just locals looking for money. They will usually lower it if you make a "no" headshake as pointed out above.
That teacher's protest against the reforma educativa was hardly peaceful. It ended up in a riot with police violence after they killed a teacher. The video was all over the internet.

Back in wi-fi land again. We got through with only two roadblocks, and slid through with the big buses no trouble. Just rode up to the head of the line and off we go.

The ruins at Campeche are terrific!

Thanks folks-
Keith